Movement-proxy data of the common blackbird Turdus merula in Munich, Germany

This dataset contains observed presence/absence of blackbird flights as well as pointobservations of the common blackbird across Munich, Germany, during spring and summer.The data were used to create a connectivity model for the common blackbird in Munich.The 104 point observations provided information on the land cover types were used as a possible resource by the common blackbird. The presence/absence of flying blackbirdsacross 215 streets in Munich was used to derive the resistance of the urban landscapeto the movement of common blackbirds in a landscape connectivity model for Munich.

For the point observations, the presence and absence of the common blackbird was visuallyand acoustically confirmed after 10 minutes of observations within a radius of 50 m.Movement presence/absence was observed along 60 m street transects. Street transectswere observed for 3 minutes, and the presence or absence of common blackbirds crossingthis street was recorded. Street transects were located along the 103 squares sampledby Mühlbauer et al. (2021). Thus, the selection of those street transects was based ongreenness gradient. The observation points were selected along gradients of greennessand traffic density.